"Dear Joshua, I hope you die!" -- J. Sparling (Walter Reed patient)

Fox & Friends ^ | 12/5/05 | Mware

[mware]

This story was reported on Fox and Friends this morning.

Joshua Sparling just got to Walter Reed last week and received ONE letter from someone writing in a child's printing. Among other things it told him to die. The soldier has the card on the wall of his room. I know FReepers can counter this despicable action with some of our own letters.

Joshua Sparling

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georgia Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20307-5001

Update: Since Joshua will undoubtedly be overwhelmed by America's response, please consider sending (instead of or in addition to Joshua) cards to these find troops:

Excerpt from Brian K. at FNC:
If you have the time, please try and include the others I met along with Col. North and Col. Hunt at Walter Reed:

Capt. James Ollinger
Sgt. Zavian Simspon
Specialist Brian Radke
Specialist Jason Braase
Sgt. David Nevins
Sgt. Jose Ramos
Cpl. Todd Bishop
Sgt. Ryan Donnelly
Sgt. Eva Diane Cochran

[Coop]

Great job posting that! I'm going to ask the mods to update the thread intro with the new names.

[Pajamajan]

Grrrrrr.... What low life cockroach scum bag sent the card, or put their offspring up to it? Joshua should get a whole room full of nice cards.

The slime-ball parent that put their kid up to this should get a punch in the face.

[G.Mason]

Thank you for the heads up.

Does he have a military rank? I don't see it listed anywhere. I guess I just send it to Joshua Sparling at that address.

[Coop]

New names up there in addition to Joshua's!

[StarCMC]

Yep - I see that!!

[Coop]

Thanks for all your support!

[Mo1]

Sean Hannity just mentioned the card and what happen to Joshua Sparling at Walter Reed

[StarCMC]

PFC according to Fox.

[mewzilla]

Thanks for the ping! Just printed them out :)

[Coop]

Thank you. I hope you and everyone else will help me advertise to folks that there are a dozen or so other names out there. Not to take anything away from Joshua, but he's about to be buried under an avalanche of love. :-) So I hope we can share some of that love with the others.

[mewzilla]

Um, I thought Tony Snow referred to Joshua Sparling as a Specialist? I'm woefully ignorant. Is that the same thing as a PFC?

[mystery-ak]

This just makes me sick......I would have killed someone if they did this to my hubby when he was at WR.....How did they get their names?..

[StarCMC]

Specialist is SPC

PFC is Private First Class

First things first: The issue that's getting so much attention — and rightfully so — is the hate letter written to PFC Joshua Sparling.

I don't know if it's possible to be both????

[mewzilla]

The more the better :)

[Coop]

No, PFC and SPC are different ranks. Not sure which is correct in this case. Joshua works well. :-)

[Coop]

FYI

[mewzilla]

I just don't want to be rude. Anyone know Joshua's rank for sure?

[mewzilla]

Joshua works well. :-)

Sounds good to me :)

[mystery-ak]

Put Spc on it....it will get to the right person..

[Peach]

One of the worst things I've read in some weeks now. I wish there was a way to find out who sent that letter, because I'd cover their house in dogshit.

But we can all make up for some lousy excuse of a human being's letter by sending some great letters of our own to this soldier.